SCOTTISH Liberal Democrat leader Tavish Scott took the campaign against the HBOS takeover to the doorstep of the bank's headquarters on The Mound when he stood outside and

Don Foster, the Lib Dems’ shadow secretary for culture, media and sport, has revealed the extent of over-charging of football fans by premiership clubs for enjoying a pint of lager. The Daily Mail has the full story: The figures, announced by culture, media and sport spokesman for the Liberal Democrat party Don Foster, reveal that top ...

The flight to InvernessThere is one thing that we have learned about Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg: never trust this man with your secrets. Earlier this year, he suggested to Piers Morgan that he had slept with as many as 30 women (earning him the nickname Cleggover), and now he stands accused of further indiscretion. On a flight from Gatwick to Inverness, a journalist claims to have overhear...

MPs and children's welfare groups called for a full-scale public inquiry yesterday following publication of the report into Haringey's failures to protect children. The Liberal Democrat children's spokesman, David Laws, said it was "wholly unacceptable" that important details about the Baby P case were still secret and the Conservative shadow children's secretary, Michael Gove,...

The Liverpool Echo reports that: “A leading Liberal Democrat who posted leaflets smearing a Labour rival and her husband has been found guilty of breaching election law. Cllr Steve Hurst delivered pink leaflets supposedly from the United Socialist Party (TUSP) claiming Cllr Pauline Walton left meetings early “to go lap dancing” and her fireman husband Keith was

Dan Dan the Wikio Man sent me a little present today - a sneak preview of this month’s Wikio Politics chart. Care for a nosey? 1 Iain Dale’s Diary 2 Guy Fawkes’ blog 3 Liberal Conspiracy 4 ConservativeHome’s ToryDiary 5 politicalbetting.com 6 Dizzy Thinks 7 The Devil’s Kitchen 8 Liberal Democrat Voice 9 John Redwood’s Diary 10 Labourhome 11 Benedict Brogan’...

Blyth Valley: Labour Mayor switches to Liberal Democrats. Islington: Conservatives choose lap-dancing establishment for their Christmas party. Related posts:Conservative councillor joins Lib Dems A Conservative councillor in Mole Valley has switched to the...Labour-run council edits out opposition councillor from its magazine Neil Williams, a Liberal Democrat councillor in the London Borough...Wat...

Mark Pack on LibDem Voice highlights some research by Rallings & Thrasher on female representation on local authorities and as council election candidates. These are the figures for female candidates at the 2008 council elections (2007 figures are in brackets) 31% (30%) of Conservative candidates were female 31% (30%) of Labour candidates were female 34% (34) of Liberal Democrat candidates...

We’d say a big thank you to the 48,671 ‘absolute unique visitors’* who read Liberal Democrat Voice in November, our highest total ever, and a whopping 283% increase on a year ago. For the record, the comparable figure for Iain Dale was 64,552. (It would only be proper to note, though, that the circumstances for ...

The newly published Thrasher & Rallings analysis of May’s local election results once again gives a breakdown of candidates and councillors by gender. Here they are, with 2007’s figures in brackets: 31% (30%) of Conservative candidates were female 31% (30%) of Labour candidates were female 34% (34) of Liberal Democrat candidates were female “28-29%” (29%) of Conservativ...